Brassicaceae
Common scurvygrass
Cochlearia officinalis
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cochlearia
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- حشيشة الملاعق, تودري, حشيشة الأسقربوط, خردل الألمان
- arz
- تودرى
- Catalan
- Herba de la cullera, Cranson Officinal, Herbe aux Cuillères
- Chinese
- 岩荠, 辣根菜
- Czech
- Lžičník lékařský
- Danish
- Læge-Kokleare
- Dutch
- Echt lepelblad, Echt en Engels lepelblad
- English
- Common scurvygrass, Spoonwort, Scurvy-grass
- Esperanto
- Skorbutherbo
- Estonian
- Ürt-merisalat
- Finnish
- Rohtokuirimo, Ruijankuirimo
- French
- Cochléaire officinale, Cranson Officinal, Herbe aux Cuillères, Cochleaire officinale
- frr
- Greens saloot, Skorbükskrüüs
- German
- Echtes Löffelkraut, Bitterkresse, Cranson Officinal, Herbe aux Cuillères, Löffelblättchen, Löffelkresse, Skorbutkraut
- hsb
- Lěkarski chrěn
- Icelandic
- Skarfakál
- Japanese
- トモシリソウ
- Lithuanian
- Cranson Officinal, Herbe aux Cuillères
- Marathi
- स्कर्व्ही ग्रास
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skjørbuksurt
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Skjørbuksurt
- Polish
- Warzucha lekarska
- Serbian
- Kašikara, Кашикара
- Serbian (Latin)
- Kašikara
- Spanish
- Coclearia, Hierba de Cucharas, Coclearia oficinal, Coclèaria, Cuchareta, Yerba de cucharas
- Swedish
- Skörbjuggsört, Cranson Officinal, Herbe aux Cuillères
- Turkish
- Kaşık otu
- Ukrainian
- Ложечниця лікарська
- Welsh
- Llwylys cyffredin
Synonyms
- Cochlearia alpina Sweet
- Cochlearia flagrans Gilib.
- Cochlearia kamtschatica Schlecht. ex DC.
- Cochlearia linnaei Griewank ex Asch.
- Cochlearia officinalis var. gallicica Pau
- Cochlearia officinalis var. maritima Gren. & Godr.
- Cochlearia officinalis var. typica G.Andersson & H.Hesselman
- Cochlearia officinalis var. vidassiana Rouy & Foucaud
- Cochlearia polymorpha Syme
- Cochlearia rotundifolia Gray
- Cochlearia vulgaris Bubani
- Crucifera cochlearia E.H.L.Krause
- Crucifera cochlearia var. officinalis (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Draba cochlearioides Langsd. ex DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July (from 106 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Caroline Kane, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ian Rainbow, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jaro Guzinski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 12:57, 19 November 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: de:User:Jutta234, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bogsuckers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andreas Schneider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Cochlearia
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- English scurvy-grassCochlearia anglicaBrassicaceae
- Danish scurvygrassCochlearia groenlandicaBrassicaceae
- Cochlearia pyrenaicaBrassicaceae
- Tatra scurvy-grassCochlearia tatraeBrassicaceae
- Polish scurvy-grassCochlearia polonicaBrassicaceae
- Cochlearia bavaricaBrassicaceae
- Cochlearia aestuariaBrassicaceae
- Mountain scurvygrassCochlearia micaceaBrassicaceae
- Scottish scurvygrassCochlearia scoticaBrassicaceae
- Sessileleaf scurvygrassCochlearia sessilifoliaBrassicaceae
- CochleariaCochlearia tridactylitesBrassicaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.